About Richard
Richard Rivera is a licensed clinical social worker with 40 years of experience helping people who are dealing with stress and anxiety. He supports people facing relationship strain, family conflict, grief, and major life changes. He focuses on practical steps that can make daily life feel more manageable.
He views each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions are collaborative and straightforward.
Background and approach
He aims to help people notice small shifts that add up over time. Richard uses client-centered approaches that emphasize listening and understanding. He also incorporates solution-focused techniques to set clear, achievable goals.
Together these methods help people move from feeling stuck to taking workable steps forward. In sessions he listens first, then helps identify what’s most useful right now. He often helps people break big problems into smaller tasks.
This can make grief, relationship tension, and life transitions feel less overwhelming. Richard practices in New Jersey and offers services in English. He accepts international clients and brings decades of experience to each conversation.
His work is aimed at helping people find purpose, reconcile with others when possible, and cope with post-traumatic stress and other challenges.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and responding to what matters most to the person. In online sessions this means the therapist follows the client’s lead, reflects back what is said, and helps clarify priorities for change. This approach can help with anxiety, grief, and relationship strain by making conversations feel grounded and understandable.Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes small, concrete steps toward a preferred outcome. The therapist helps set short-term goals and track progress from session to session. That method is useful when someone wants clear actions for stress, coping with life changes, or improving specific relationship patterns.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend techniques that fit. Over time the plan can be adjusted based on how the client feels and what works best.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for a longer guided conversation, phone sessions are practical when bandwidth is limited, live chat can work for shorter check-ins, and text messaging lets people share thoughts between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep working on goals across different settings and schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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